Card holder



Aug. 23, 1927.

J. M. HURLEY CARD HOLDER Filed Oct. 2. 1926' TB. JONES gwuentoz fosEPH M. Humsr Quota,

Patented Aug. 23, i927.

stares stares PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. HURLEY, OF MINNEAZPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR' TO DOUGLAS 0.

MOCLAIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CARD HOLDER.

Application filed October 2, 1926. Serial No. 139,182.

This invention relates to card filing devices shape, and at their ends near their upper and the main object is to provide means of a corners are provided with notches I, thus givnovel and practical nature for detachably semg a tongue effect J to the corner portions. curing data cards to a card holder such as a The method of attachino the cards in place pocket folder, or card case, of the type which is almost obvious from the illustration in Fig, is frequentl employed by solicitors and After one corner of the card is prosalesmen, alt ough it will be obvious that the ected under a strap the opposite corner card-securing method may also be employed may be slmilarly pro1ected, by first bowing to advantage in filing systems such as are the card upward. The card, or several'of frequently found in modern oflices. The them, may be quickly removed in the reverse style of card employed in the present inmanner. stance is identical with that shown in my co- It will be noted that as the slots G are parpending application, Ser. No. 139,181, filed allel with the notches I and upper edges of of even date herewith, .and it will thus be the cards, the straps will form very snug seen that the same cards K, as used forpockets for the card corners.- And as the oifice purposes in connection with the filing straps F extend diagonally in from the device shown in the co-pending case, may be notches I, it will beseen that they not only interchanged with or substituted for cards secure the'tongues J, which are the weakest used in connection with the folder herein parts of the cards, but project considerably shown and as used by employees who travel inward from the notches I and thus bear away the home 5 against the stronger body parts of the card, The device embodying mv'invention is i1- and reduce any tendency of the card to tear. lustrated in the accompanying drawing, in It is understood that suitable modifications hi h; may be made in the general designa-nd struc- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device. tllral details of the invention as herein shown Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the cards and described, provided however, that said employed. modifications come within the spirit and The card holder consists, in the present inscope of the appended claims. stance, of a pair of panels or plates A and B Having now therefore fully shown and dewhich are hingedly connected by a pliable Scribed my invention, what I claim to be new intermediate portion C. The panels may be and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: made of any suitable material, but are pref- 1. A c rd h lder Com rising a panel haverably made of pliable layers of material, ing a row of stitching t ereabout, a pair of stitched together, as at D and E, so that it diagonally disposed straps at two corners of will readily conform to thepocket in which the panel and secured thereto by said stitchit may be carried. ing.

Each panel is provided, at its upper cor- 2. A card case comprising a pair of mo,-

ners, with a, pair of diagonally arranged tangular panels hingedly secured together,

straps F, which are each sufliciently open to each of said panels comprising two layersof 4o permit a number of card corners to be insertmaterial stitched together, the inner layer of ed. These straps may be elastic, but should each panel having a pair of slots at each of at least be flexible, so that they'will not keep two corners, a loop-forming strap at each of the case open any more than the thickness saidcorners and having its ends projected of the cards will require. The straps are seinto said slots and secured between the layers cured by having their ends inserted through by the stitches thereof.

parallel, horizontal slots G, in the inner 3. A card case comprising a pair of'reclayers of the panels, and are then securely tangular panels hingedly secured together, fastened between the panel layers by having each of said panels comprising two layers of 7 their ends secured by the stitchings D and E. material stitched together, the inner layer of The cards H to be secured are rectangular in each panel having a pair of slots at each of i i -s two corners, a loop-forming strap ateach of said corners and having its ends projected into said slots and secured between the layers by the stitches thereof, said slots being parallel with each other.

4. A card ease comprising a pair of rectangular panels hingedly secured together each of said panels comprising two layers 0% material stitched together, the inner layer of each panel having a pair of slots at each of 10 allel with each other, and parallel with one 15 edge of the panel.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

7 JOSEPH M. HURLEY. 

